Woman found dead inside car in Sacramento River

Authorities recovered the body of a woman who told an emergency dispatcher she was inside a car that went into the Sacramento River.

California Highway Patrol officers said the West Sacramento woman was found inside her Toyota Camry, which was found in the river near Monument Bend about 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Family members identified the woman as Mussarat Chaudhary, 54.

CHP Officer Cindy Leal said a 911 dispatcher spoke to the victim for about 10 minutes around 8 a.m. before the connection was lost. The CHP dispatcher had trouble understanding the Punjabi-speaking victim and had to find someone who spoke the language.

The woman was on her way home from work when she called her daughter and said she didn't think her car brakes were working.

This big-rig truck crashed on the Highway 1-Highway 17 fishhook in Santa Cruz Monday night. Witnesses told CHP officers that the truck was traveling southbound when it "flew over the fishhook" bridge and landed on the northbound lanes.